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Fear is Logical
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Fear is your subconscious primordial state of noticing that things are going wrong, and that you are running out of options.
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When your mind has exhausted all ideas for action, you feel paralysed because you don't not know what to do. Fear is the unknown. Not knowing makes us helpless when things go wrong.
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But fear is actually very rational. Your subconscious mind uses previously accumulated information (accurate or otherwise) to decide whether a situation is safe or dangerous, and based on your past experiences, you feel safe or fearful. An incident of near drowning may cause a rational fear of water or swimming.
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Phobia is Illogical
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Phobias occur when your subconscious mind associates a certain non-related object, place, or animal with an actual fearful experience, which has been forgotten.
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In order to remember important information about your environment, your subconscious mind represents forgotten fearful events as symbols, hence the tenet: phobias are irrational.
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A person with a phobia for water, may in the past have experienced stomach cramps and panic while swimming, due to having eaten too much prior to swimming. The person forgets or dose not understood the reason for the cramps, and only remembers the feeling of panic, which in the subconscious mind, is symbolised by large expanses of water. The resulting behaviour is an anxious, phobic reaction when any suggeson is made involving lakes or swimming pools.
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Fearful and phobic behaviour is debilitating. You may have to avoid certain activities that are important for your life style or that you would usually enjoy, like swimming, flying, or driving. Sometimes unconnected activities that you used to find enjoyable can become subconsciously associated with your phobia. In this case, the feeling of anxiety seems to spread to these other areas of your life, and depression may result.
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